Links:
[1] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Merit_Based/meritBasedFinancialAid.html
[2] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Merit_Based/internationalScholarship.html
[3] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Merit_Based/crossCulturalScholarship.html
[4] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Merit_Based/leadershipScholarship.html
[5] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Diversity_Scholarships/diversityScholarship.html
[6] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Merit_Based/davidPorterScholarship.html
[7] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Diversity_Scholarships/hbcuScholarship.html
[8] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Need-Based/needBasedFinancialAid.html
[9] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/publicScholarship.html
[10] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/Legacy/legacyScholarship.html
[11] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/financialAid.html
[12] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/OnlineApp/applicationForm.jsp
[13] http://www.iesabroad.org/sites/default/Scholarships_and_Aid/financialAidResources.html
More than $1.2 Million in Scholarships & Aid Awarded for Spring 2010
More than $1.2 Million in Scholarships & Aid Awarded for Spring 2010
In support of our goal to help as many students as possible study abroad, IES Abroad offered 862 awards to our Spring 2010 students, for a total of $1,202,650.
This brings the total amount of scholarship and aid money awarded during the 2009-10 academic year to $2,040,031—more than any other U.S.-based third party study abroad provider.
Merit-Based Scholarships
This semester we received 481 Merit-Based Scholarship [1] applications. Of those applications, 49 awards were given totaling more than $74,650. The most popular scholarship categories included International Relations [2], Cross-Cultural & Comparative Studies [3], and Leadership & Community Involvement [4].
Diversity-Related Scholarships & Aid
We were pleased to award more than $18,500 in diversity-related scholarships this semester. Nine students received Merit-Based Diversity Scholarships [5], and one student received the new David Porter Diversity Scholarship [6]. Additionally, 13 students were awarded HBCU Scholarships [7] for a total of $26,000.
Need-Based Aid and Public University Grants
More than $1,071,500 was awarded in need-based aid [8] and public university grants [9] to a total of 774 recipients.
Legacy Scholarships
IES Abroad offers Legacy Scholarships [10] to any student whose parent, legal guardian, grandparent, or sibling attended a past IES Abroad program. Sixteen IES Abroad Legacy Scholarships totaling $12,000 were awarded for the Spring 2010 semester.
Apply Now for Fall 2010
The Fall 2010 application deadline for Scholarships & Financial Aid [11] is May 3, 2010. Apply online [12] for merit-based scholarships or use the IES Abroad Scholarship Search [11] to find opportunities that are right for you. For additional funding options, check out this HUGE list of additional funding resources [13].